Simon Johannes Schwesig

Simon is a PhD student in the School of International Relations. He is interested in foreign fighters and more specifically in foreign terrorist fighters. His research looks at foreign terrorist fighters from two different perspectives: the global politics perspective of how the international community has responded and still responds to foreign terrorist fighters with a specific focus on the role of the United Nations (UN) and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as well as from the international law perspective with a focus on how foreign terrorist fighters can be held accountable for their actions.

Simon holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Economics and Law from the University of Erfurt in Germany; a Master of Letters in Terrorism and Political Violence from the University of St Andrews in the UK; as well as a LLM in Public International Law from the Universiteit Leiden in the Netherlands.

Simon served as president of Breakaway, the University of St Andrews Hillwalking Club for the academic year 2021-2022. He continues to be a Student Chapel Reader in St Salvator's Chapel.

Simon is an undergraduate tutor in the School of International Relations. He has taught on IR1006 Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in Global Politics, IR2005 Theoretical Approaches to International Relations, and IR2006 Studying International Relations. He is also an ASP Workshop Leader for the School of International Relations on behalf of CEED.